Azul
Legal
CorporateCounsel
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“Corporate Counsel at Azul. Skills: commercial agreements, AI governance, open source software licensing, data privacy, export controls, AI tools. Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements. Advise on complex commercial deal structures”
What You'll Achieve.
accelerate deal velocity while managing risk
Industry & Context.
issue-spotting; evaluating AI output critically
Availability for early morning and late-evening calls with international opposing counsel, customers, and overseas teams across EMEA and APAC
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
J.D. degree, active license in California
Nice to Have
in-house experience at an enterprise software, open source, or infrastructure software company
What You'll Do.
and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements
Advise on complex commercial deal structures
Demonstrated fluency with AI tools in a legal context
Counsel business teams across a range of legal topics
Advise on the development
and governance of artificial intelligence tools
Partner with engineering and security teams on policies governing AI-assisted development
Support incident response
Collaborate with the legal team to develop and implement best practices and policies
Partner with Deal Desk
and Finance to accelerate deal velocity while managing risk
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partnering closely with engineering, sales, and product; work across all aspects of Azul's business; Ability to work closely with all business units (engineering, product, marketing, sales, finance, human resources, and information technology); work as part of a team; Collaborate with the legal team; Partner with Deal Desk, Sales, and Finance
Communication Scope
translate legal concepts for technical and non-technical audiences
Process & Methodology
manage a high-volume contracts pipeline without dropping threads
Full Job Description
## Description Azul is seeking a Corporate Counsel to join our legal team at a pivotal moment in the company's growth. The successful candidate will work across all aspects of Azul's business — from commercial transactions and AI governance and emerging technology regulation — partnering closely with engineering, sales, and product. Litigators and other specialists looking to transition to a commercial, in-house role are welcome to apply. This role can be based anywhere in the US with a strong preference to California. ## What You'll Do (aka Responsibilities) Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including NDAs, software license agreements, SaaS and subscription agreements, vendor and procurement contracts, reseller and channel partner agreements, and strategic partnership arrangements. Advise on complex commercial deal structures, including usage-based and consumption pricing, overage and true-up mechanics, minimum commitments, renewal pricing tiers, and multi-year enterprise arrangements. Demonstrated fluency with AI tools in a legal context (e.g., Claude Cowork, or comparable assistants), such as using AI to improve drafting quality, review speed, or issue-spotting, and iterating on prompts and evaluating AI output critically. Counsel business teams across a range of legal topics, including intellectual property, open source software licensing (with particular attention to OpenJDK, GPLv2 with Classpath Exception, and related ecosystem considerations), contributor license agreements, corporate governance, commercial law, data privacy (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and emerging state privacy laws), export controls and sanctions (including OFAC, BIS Entity List, and EU regimes), and product security regulation (including the EU Cyber Resilience Act obligations). Advise on the development, deployment, and governance of artificial intelligence tools — both AI features Azul builds into its products and internal AI systems (including agentic AI too
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